Oklahoma State softball upsets Stanford

Oklahoma State took a 3-1 lead into the seventh inning, gave up a run, but held on to beat  BYU 3-2.Simone Freeman picked up the win, going four innings, giving up three hits and walking one with five strikeouts. Kat Espinosa got the save, going three innings, give up two hits and walking two, and striking out four.Tarah Ettinger was two for three at the plate with an rbi. Amy Graham also drove in a run with a single for the Cowgirls. Oklahoma State was playing its best softball of the season this weekend and nearly beat No. 5 Florida. The Gators got two runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the win.Starting pitcher Kat Espinosa threw five innings, allowing no runs on three hits with seven strikeouts. Reliever Simone Freeman pitched an inning, allowing two runs on two hits and took the loss.Florida had five hits and Oklahoma State had four.Senior right-hander Kat Espinosa (2-2) went seven innings, allowing one run on four hits, no walks and striking out six and the Cowgirls knocked off No. 17 Stanford 4-1. Tiffany Mikkelson  and Erika Campbell drove in runs with singles and OSU took advantage of a throwing error to score four runs in the fourth inning. Campbell led OSU by going two for three at the plate.  View the list »
Kat Espinosa leads the Cowgirls to upset of Stanford

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Oklahoma State's softball team got its first breakthrough win Friday, Feb. 23, 2013, when it beat No. 17 Stanford 4-1 at the Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.

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Oklahoma State, 7-5, got all four of its runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and held on for the win. Stanford (11-3) got a run in its half of the sixth. OSU's runs game on a throwing error and two rbi singles.

Earlier in the day the Cowgirls gave No. 5 Florida a scare, but ended up losing 2-0. In that game the Gators got two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Oklahoma State beat BYU Friday 3-2 to end the day with a 2-1 mark.

OSU will take on No. 13 UCLA at 4:30 p.m. CT and Long Beach State at 9:30 p.m.

Oklahoma State has had several close games so far this season. Three have gone into extra innings, and the Cowgirls have lost two of those.

Oklahoma State will have its first home game on March 1 against Houston at 6 p.m., and will host Nebraska March 3 at noon.

The strength of the team so far is its pitching and defense. The Cowgirls have not been getting a lot of hits so far and their games have been low scoring. In only one game has more than four runs been scored by either team. Five of their games have been decided by one run, and five more by two runs.

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  • Senior right-hander Kat Espinosa (2-2) went seven innings, allowing one run on four hits, no walks and striking out six and the Cowgirls knocked off No. 17 Stanford 4-1. Tiffany Mikkelson  and Erika Campbell drove in runs with singles and OSU took advantage of a throwing error to score four runs in the fourth inning. Campbell led OSU by going two for three at the plate.  
  • Oklahoma State was playing its best softball of the season this weekend and nearly beat No. 5 Florida. The Gators got two runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the win.Starting pitcher Kat Espinosa threw five innings, allowing no runs on three hits with seven strikeouts. Reliever Simone Freeman pitched an inning, allowing two runs on two hits and took the loss.Florida had five hits and Oklahoma State had four.
  • Oklahoma State took a 3-1 lead into the seventh inning, gave up a run, but held on to beat  BYU 3-2.Simone Freeman picked up the win, going four innings, giving up three hits and walking one with five strikeouts. Kat Espinosa got the save, going three innings, give up two hits and walking two, and striking out four.Tarah Ettinger was two for three at the plate with an rbi. Amy Graham also drove in a run with a single for the Cowgirls. 
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